Alibaba Cloud Partners with Uniplus to Support Korean Startups

● Teams up with Incheon-based tech startup Uniplus to deliver advanced cloud and blockchain services to regional startups
● Jointly supports the global expansion of Uniplus’s blockchain solutions through Alibaba Cloud’s global infrastructure

Seoul, Korea – June 24, 2025 – Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, today announced a partnership with Uniplus, a high-tech solution provider based in Incheon, to foster the growth of Korea’s startup ecosystem.



Uniplus, a leading technology startup supported by the Incheon Metropolitan Government, will serve as a channel partner for Alibaba Cloud. In this role, Uniplus will deliver Alibaba Cloud’s technologies and services to local businesses, especially startups, across the Incheon region.

This partnership represents Alibaba Cloud’s first strategic initiative to enhance access to cloud services for enterprises in Korea through a partnership that involves local governments.

As part of the partnership, Alibaba Cloud will collaborate with Uniplus to develop a cloud-based Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform by enhancing Uniplus’s existing blockchain capabilities on Alibaba Cloud infrastructure. The partnership will also expand Uniplus’s blockchain solutions into global markets by leveraging Alibaba Cloud’s worldwide infrastructure, partner ecosystem, and extensive enterprise customer base.

A key component of the partnership will be the provision of next-generation enterprise services that combine cloud and blockchain technologies. These solutions will be made available to a broad range of companies based in Incheon, with the aim of accelerating digital transformation and enhancing regional competitiveness.

Yoon Yong-joon, Country Manager of Alibaba Cloud Korea, said, “This partnership marks a meaningful starting point in building a regional innovation ecosystem. Through our collaboration, we aim to establish a support model that delivers the essential tools and technologies startups need to succeed, while also working with Incheon Metropolitan City to develop localized talent cultivation programs.”

Kim Do-kyum, CEO of Uniplus, said, “We are excited to partner with Alibaba Cloud to help Incheon-based startups strengthen their competitiveness in the global market. By leveraging Alibaba Cloud’s cutting-edge technologies and cost-effective innovation solutions, we will actively support startups in building stronger and more scalable business models.”

Alibaba Cloud entered the Korean market in 2016 and will launch its second data center by the end of June 2025. As the world’s leading and Asia Pacific’s leading Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) service provider, Alibaba Cloud provides highly scalable, robust and secure infrastructure and AI-powered applications to help drive digital transformation for a large variety of industries in Korea.

About Alibaba Cloud

Established in 2009, Alibaba Cloud (www.alibabacloud.com) is the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group. It offers a complete suite of cloud services to customers worldwide, including elastic computing, database, storage, network virtualisation services, large-scale computing, security, big data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) services. Alibaba has been named the leading IaaS provider in Asia Pacific by revenue in U.S. dollars since 2018, according to Gartner. It has also maintained its position as one of the world’s leading public cloud IaaS service providers since 2018, according to IDC.